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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-12-30
A PHBT,TG SCANDAL.

The action of Senator V oorhees in volun-
teering to assist in the defense of the tally
sheet forgers now under indictment in the
United States Court in this city, reveals
phase of corrupt partisan politics that should
arrest public attention. The crime of which
the defendants stand charged and indicted
was planned and executed for local purposes,
and although it was a stab at the fundamental
principles of republican government it has not
received deserved attention outside of the
State. The action of Senator Voorhees, is
calculated to broaden the crime and national
ize the case. In view of the present temper
of the people and the general demand
for honest politics and fair elections, for the
publication of the public service and the pro-
lection of the ballot box, it is simply astound-
ing to find a Senator of the United States
rendering his services in such a cause. Con-
sidering the nature of the crime and all the
circumstances of the case, we regard it as the
most scandalous incident of recent times. It
is a bold attempt to carry campaign
methods into the courts and to make
the enforcement of law and the punishment
of crime questions of partisan politics. The
action of Senator Voorhees, means nothing
less than this. 1t is, moreover, an attempt on
the part of a high official, standing very near
the President, to bring the influence and
prestige of the national administration to
bear against the enforcement of laws for the
punishment of crime. From the beginning
of the case the journal has insisted that there
was no politics in crime, and that the defend
ants should be treated and tried, not Dem
ocra is, but simply persons charged with
crime. The law has been violated. a fla
grant crime perpetrated, and the defend
ants are under indictment for it. What mat
ters it as to their politicsR This is question
of crime, not of politics. The Journal has
held to that idea from the beginning, and has
endeavored to keep it at the front. On the
other hand, the defendants their counsel,
svmpathizers and friends have done all in
their power to give the case political aspect.
In former trial they succeeded SO far as to
induce six Democratic jurors tc vote for the
acquittal of the defendants, Notwithstanding
that in the opinion of all impartial persons the
prosecution made a clear case. The result of
the trial was VIGOROUSLY due to political in
fuence and pressure. Now it is proposed to
bring still more to bear in the person of a
Democratic Senator. Suppose these men were
charged with counterfeiting, violating the
revenue laws any other criminal offense
than the one they stand indicted for. Would
an attempt he made to shield them as Demo
crats7 and would Senator Voorhees, feel moved
to volunteer his services for the defensef
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-12-30
PARTY ORGANIZATION.

Chairman Huston this morning issues the
official call for the meetings to select COM
mitteemen, and reorganize the machinery of
the party for the coming campaign. The
Republicans of all the counties of the State
are to meet at places to be designated by the
present authorities on Saturday, Jan. 81, and
select county committeeman and organize the
county committees; also, select one dele
gate from each voting precinct to congress
sional district meetings. The district meet
ings are to be held on Thursday, Feb. g at
the places named in the call, and these con-
ventions are to elect members of the State
central committee. The new State central
committee will meet for organization and
other business at the Denison House, in this
city, on Thursday evening, Feb. 16. The call
specifics that the county and district meet
ings are solely to perfect the machinery of the
party, and that it will not be proper to express
preference for any candidates This caution
should be carefully needed. Let the party be
thoroughly organized, all its machinery put
into the most complete working order, and
when the time for speaking Of candidates
comes, Indiana will be ready to do so with
perfect unanimity, and with a strength that
will command respect from every member of
the party. Any attempt to do this prema-
turely would be in bad taste, and work injury
to him in whose interest these expressions
should be attempted. We call attention to
the call, and ask the attention of county chair
men to its terms. Let the county conven-
tons be called as soon as possible; there is no
time for delay, and on the 21st of January let
the Republicans of the State come out in such
numbers as will not only show their interest
in the approaching struggle, but will insure a
perfectly representative and satisfactory
organization of the party among the
people And we cannot too strongly
urge upon the districts the choice of
the best men for members of the State central
committee. Let no man be chosen to the
State central committee out of mere compli-
ment, but because he is the best fitted by ex-
perience temper and ability for the extraordi-
narily important work that will be asked of this
committee next year. Let the Republicans
OF Indiana have the best working organization
next year they have ever had. Much depends
upon that.
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empty chair should have been distinguished as
a confederatel Is that the way to reconstruct
Is it not the road to the confusion that goes be-
fore observation-disclosures Commercial Ga
zette.
THE free-trade literary bureau is already
flooding the newspaper Offices with ready -rnada
a request that they be published. The English
manufacturers must have contributed some
money to the tariff smashing cause--Philadel-
phia Press.
sonal in consequence of an understanding with
PRESIDENT Cleveland, which precludes Governor
hui hui from being candidate for president IN
1855. there is no such obligation and never has
been; and this is enough to say upon the sub
ject-New York Sun.
Upon the whole it is pretty evident that the
republican Senator's and members of Congress
have broad field to investigate and that things
will not look very pretty at the Treasury
building when the details of the financial man.
agement of the administration are spread before
the public.-Nebraska State Journal
THE knights of Labor order has been in the
highest degree injurious TO working men, and
in no other thing SO much in widening and
deepening the gulf between capital and labor
This late strike. which has already ended in
the surrender of the strikers, is likely TO re-
duce the list of membership below that point
where its officers can live upon it. When that
time comes they will desert 1t, and it will tum-
BILE to pieces like house of cards in the wind.
All interests considered. it could do no better
thing than that-Philadelphia Press.
THE truth is that natural resources play but
a subordinate part in the development of
tons. They furnish opportunity, but that is
all. The rest-and it is by far the greater part
depends upon the character of the people who
make use of the resources, and it is there that
the glory of our country lies. Its prosperity,
its greatness, its wonderful material develop
ment, and better than all, the high average Of
comfort, intelligence and virtue among its peo-
pie are due to the superior manhood which its
institutions have produced.-New York Com
mercial Advertiser
THE Press can have no syrnDathy with tho
blatherlng bawler who does not recognize the
fact that the interests of employee and employer
mutual. Many small differences, that
might be readily adjusted by consultation and
mutual concession. are magniied by professional
agitators, who work only with their mouths.
Let the wage workers be just to each other, and
not be to quick to impuen the motives of those
who their real friends even If they are not.
willing to always agree with them. and who re-
fuse to engage with every organization that
may happen to be in a controversy.-New
York Press
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-12-30

Certainly not. Then why should he for
violation of the election lawsa The answer is
piain-because it is proposed to make it
matter of politics He does not enter the
case as lawyer merely, but prominent
Democrat, high official and trusted friend of
the administration. It is not that counsel
now in the State are not entirely capable of
conducting an able legal defense, but Sem
ator Voorhees, proposes to leave his post
of duty in Washington and travel nearly
a thousand miles in the most inclement sea-
of the year to throw the weight of his
personal presence and political influence in
favor of these defendants. A very large ma
jority of the people of Indiana who know any
thing about the case believe the defendants
guilty, and this action of Mr. Voorhees, will
confirm their belief and convince many more
1t is equivalent to confession of guilt. In
nocent men would rather meet such a charge
on its merits and fight to finish than en-
deavor to to escape by side door. The effort
to invoke political influence, the frantic APP
peal to Senator Voorhees, and his prompt
response, is confession that the defendants
only hope of escape is through such extraor-
binary methods. It is in all respects shame
full proceeding
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-12-30

A DISPATCH from Carrollton Ga, describ-
ing what is termed ga race collision" in that
place. says:
Yesterday peddler reached town and in
troduced himself a white man, though he
was somewhat dark-complexioned. To-day it
discovered that he was a negro. The
whites caught him and were about to lynch
him, when cooler counsel prevailed and he
given two minutes in which to run out of
gunshot reach. He ran as if in running
match. The negroes took this up and have
been making threatening demonstrations all
day. This evening about fifty young white
men organized and put the blacks 20 rout.
There is some fear that the blacks may return
tonight"
1t would appear from this that it does not
take much to provoke ''a race collision in
Georgia. Evidently the enterprising peddler's
offense consisted in trying to sell his to
white people without informing them that he
was not pure 1ooded Caucasian. Your
Georgia gentleman is mighty particular whom
he trades with. 1t is necessary to keep the
South solidly solid.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-12-30
Department Commander G. A. r.

20 the Editor OF the Indianapolis Journal
AS the council of administration of the G. A.
R., Department of Indiana, has named the time
and place for holding the department. encamp-
ment for 1885, it is proper and right that We
should las members of the u. A r begin
look about us for some one worthy and capable
of the position of department commander, as
will be selected az that meeting to succeed
tn Hon. Ira j. Chase. the present commander,
and IN doing think of one better
fitted for the place than comrade Ben L. Smith,
of Joel Wolf Post G. \. r., Nashville. Ind.
When the war cloud hurst over our happy coun-
eighth Regiment Indiana Volunteers, and was
Immediately sent to the front. By his undaun,ed
bravery and true devotion to the cause he was
promoted to the captaincy of his inpan :. aud
held that position when he was discharged in
1864 Since that time ne has followed his chosen
profession. that of the law, his present
home in the city of Rushville, Ind. He has al
ways been a true friend to the soldiers; his
purse-strings have always been open to a com
rade in distress, and no old soldier ever called
his door and was sent empty away. As prasi-
dent of the board of trustees OF the indiana
Soldiers Orphans Home, at Knghtstown. he
had done noble work for that institution. He
was instrumental in securing the passage of
act through the last Legislature by which the
orphans of our dead comrades were separated
from the asylum for feeble minded youths or
children, which had been made part of that
institution, without any authority of law. and
was disgrace to the State. While we do not
wish to detract anything from the good name OF
any other comrade who may have aspirations for
the position of commander, we do feel that
better selection than comrade Ben L. Smith
could not be made, one that would give bet
ter satisfaction to the old soldiers of this part OF
the State know ! speak the sentiments of
all the old soldiers of Decatur county, for We
have known the comrade long and we'll
Dec. o. 1887 NJ. ID. TACkErT.
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itation to the number of saloons. A license
is required, however, and in order to secure
it application must be made to the courts.
The temperance people took the matter up,
and by everv legitimate means opposed each
petition. The custom had been to grant
these applications almost as matter of form,
and without investigation, but much to the
astonishment of the saloon-keepers, thirty
eight out of one hundred and twentysix were
rejected on account Of the remonstrances of
reputable citizens. AS consequence, there
is dismay among the dealers who have SO long
controlled affairs, and equal rejoicing among
their opponents. The moral of the Whining
ton case is one that might apply near home.
If Temperance" people in indianapolis were
disposed to make the best of existing circum-
stances, and would fight their enemy with
the weapons at hand without waiting with
folded hands for the passage Of prohibitory
laws they might accomplish much in the
way of restricting the traffic. It is not enough
to say that the authorities should enforce all
regulations Perhaps they should do this,
but it is a well known fact that officials do
their duty much better when pushed by
active public sentiment.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-12-30

THE authorizations Col" and "Cal." for
Colorado and California, respectively, are so
much alike that Caifornians are beginning
to write their State down as Calf" Life is
not so short that the entire name could not be
written out whenever used, but especially on
mail matter, and this would be an improve
ment on either abbreviation. In fact, the
plan of shortening the name of any State is a
bad one, and should be discontinued. It
gives rise to many errors, and causes much
annoyance to postal clerks Md" for in
stance, written by the average penman, is
almost as undistinguishable from 'Ind.';
miss. letters go TO MASS" Penn" mail
goes to Tenn, and so on. Where, as often
happens, both States have postofices of the
same name, the letters often go long round
in search of the persons to whom they are adj
dressed. The names of none of the States
are long, all of them are musical in sound, all
look well when written in full upon en-
velopes and wrappers. and it should become
the rule to so write them.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-12-30
Mr.. Cleveland and Free Trade.


A Democratic Congressman went over and
had talk with the President the other day,
and over luncheon in a leading restaurant he
had great larks about the talk of the interview.
Said he: Between u.s. confdentialiy, gentle
men. l will tell you that the Presidents talk on
the tariff and his message, with me, reminded
me of an old story which is a chestnut, except
in its application in this case:
"a man came down from his mountain home
in West Virginia to trade at the store in the lit
tie countyseat town. Said he TO the store
keeper: I have got good, likely skin:
what you paying now for coon skinsP
1.-The storekeeper said: We are paying 40
cents for good skins. Was the coon fatl
- 'FatF exclaimed the backwoodsman with
great emphasis, why. that coon was the awful
lest latest coon that you ever hearn tell on:
He that fat he could hardly drag himself
along and the greese ran out of him In
stream
Said the storekeeper: we don't want very
fat skins, only skins moderately tat
g Well, was the response of the farmer, In a
meditative, thoughtful way. perhaps that coon
was not so Jehovably. gol-darned fat after all. >
From my talk with Cleveland" said the Con-
gresham, II gathered that SO far as the Presi-
dent knows anything about it hei not such a
.Johovably gol-darned. rampant free trader as
he thought he was before he heard the echoes
from the bold blast he blew upon his free-trade
fish horn
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-12-30
COMMENT AND OPINION.

IT is about time to be thinking of the good
resolutions you going to break next week.
Philadelphia Inquirer
SENATOR BECK is going to demolish the
tional banks again this winter 1t is favorite
pastime of his when he isn't feeling well enough
to work.-Detroit Tribune.
JOHN p. ST. JOIN has evidently made salts
factory terms with the Democratic managers.
He is iinging filth at the Republican party with
cheerful regularity Tribune
THE Chicago Tribune has gizzard capable of
digesting even its own words. and it viii MAKE a
hearty meal in 1883 and come up smiling to sup
port the Republican nominee. Kansas City
journal.
We agree that there should be Southern
man appointed to fill the vacancy on the bench.
That is obvious on the face of things. But is it
necessary that the Justice who is to take the
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-12-30

BECAUSE the two million wool-growe-s of
America form but one-tbirtieth Of the popu-
lation, the genial free-traders argue that they
are not entitled to protection of their
intesests. 1t is suspected, however, that
since he has thought the matter over seriously
President Cleveland is willing to allow Ameri-
can sheep some advantages and will state
in supplementary message. When he first
undertook to solve the wool problem the
solution seemed as plain as the nose on his
face, but the more he studies into it the
more ne isn't so sure.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-12-30

THE action of ex Senator Thurman towards
the Ohio tally-sheet forgers is in marked con-
trast to that of Senator Voorhees,. Senator
Thurman openly denounced the Ohio frauds
expressed desire that the perpetrators may
be brought to justice, and has agreed to assist
in the prosecution of the case. Senator
prosecution in this State, has publicly
vouched for the good character of the gang.
and now volunteers his services for the de-
Tense.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-12-30
LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE.
The FREQ Kindergartens.

To the Editor of the Indianapolis Journai
Largo and numerous public schools
are, we have certain localities where the chill
dren have instruction. We have overflow
ing population of children, and schools
crowded full yet we have q legion of children
running wild in the treets. They vigorous.
hearty, boiling with life and the desires of life.
and absolutely uncontrolled. Their careless
parents leave them III savage freedom and idle
ness. They win become the dan &c rous classes
of this town; totally deficient are they in
knowledge, in self-command, in self reliance in
capacity for industry. These children menace
the success of this Republic. They belong TO q
class who strangely, in their Ignorance, invari-
ably vote against their own interests; they vote
enterprises. This State should have had ive-
million dollar Capitol a work of wonderful art
to stand for centuries; our States enormous
wealth could afford II easily. But nothing of
the kind be DONE have such huge
ignorant class frantically voting against the
aspirations of the wise and cultivated.
Education OF a very high order is absolutely
necessary to all the people of this Republic. otn.
erwise it must soon drop into confusion. The
ladies of the free kindergarten feel this moro
keedly than others appear to- and. therefore.
endeavoriDg to give instruction to the young
children of the city who seem to be neglected.
They eXpend several Thousand dollars a year
in sustaining their schools and raise their funds
by social entertainments. One of these enter
tsInments will occur JAM 6. at the house CT
Mrs DeFay, North Delaware street. and will be
a revival of the antique Twelfth-night festivals.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-12-30

PROFESSIONAL temperance people are, as
rule, always dissatisfied with existing laws on
the subject. Unless the legal regulations
have been made at their dicfation, they de-
cline TO assist in their enforcement and by
their silence if by more active opposition,
place distractions in the way of their effect
iveness. The temperance workers of Will
mington, Del, have pursued different plan.
The law there is rot all that could be wished,
the license being too low to be of itself linn
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-12-30

THE engineers on the Reading road refused
to join in the strike and did all in their
power to counteract it. The Brotherhood of
Engineers is the Oldest and most conservative
labor organization in the country and it very
rarely countenances a strike. The engineers
find they can do a great deal better for them
selves and their employers by cultivating
harmonious relations, and they grow more
conservative in this regard from year to year.
Other labor organizations will deserve and
achieve success just in proportion as they
initiate the example of the engineers.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-12-30

IF the Hon. Mr. McCardle please, let the
South stay solid as long as it desires. His
threat is only another phase of the disgrace
full tactics used to force the confirmation of
the rebels choice for Supreme Judge. We
think Mr.. Lamar will be confirmed. The
Democrats will vote for him unanimously,
and there will be one or more Republican
milksops, who believe the time has come to
apologize for having defeated the rebellion
and placed in the Constitution sentiments
dispieasing to the men whose shoes they are
willing to black. Then the next thing will be
the promotion of Mr.. Lamar to be Chief Justice,
if that vacancy happens to come along while
the Confederacy "is in the saddle Then,
and n-sometime-there will come re-
vival of manhood and respect for the princi-
pies for which a cruel and dreadful war was
fought, and then the chief claim for official
recognition will not be that man was
rebel in arms against the government and
that he still believes in the principles upon
which the rebellion was founded.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-12-30

A COMPANY has been formed in New York for
the publication of a volume, series of vol
umes, to be called the United States Export Al
manac. The object is to introduce and adver
tise American products and manufactures in
foreign countries, and by bringing the resources
of the country to the attention of foreign CAPT
talists and business men, open new avenues of
ira The volume viii contain series of
short essays on the resources and industries of
the United States by such wel-known writer's
as Hon. Carl Schurz. Edward Atkinson, David
A. Wells Hon. S. s. Cox, Robert p. Porter and
others and the State Department has promised
to undertake the distribution of a large number
of copies through the agency of foreign
consuls. The prospectus of the enterprise states
that it is not undertaken in the interest of any
particular industry, and will not favor either
free trade or protection. 1t will simply aim to
boom American export trade. In that light it
seems worthy of encouragement. Any person
desiring further information the subject or
wishing to be represented in the publication,
should address .srhe United States Export Al
manac Publishing Company" New York.